I never said that there was an ideal time. But even 20 years ago, there was way less hyper-optimization than now. And 20 years before that there was less stil

I never said that there was an ideal time. But even 20 years ago, there was way less hyper-optimization than now. And 20 years before that there was less still. The famous (although not confirmed) story of American Airlines removing one olive from passengers' salads to save $40,000 per year is from 1987. At that time something like that was revolutionary.